Height warning bells sign

What it means

Bells give an audible warning if your vehicle is too tall for the overhead cables.

Bells are suspended over the road at some railway crossings. They give an audible warning to drivers of vehicles that exceed the safe height beneath electrified overhead cables.

If you hear them, stop. Your vehicle is too tall to pass under the cables safely.

Where you'll see it

Before electrified railway crossings.

Rules to know

• Bells are suspended over the road at a railway crossing to give an audible warning to drivers of vehicles that exceed the safe height beneath electrified overhead cables.

  Know Your Traffic Signs, p. 29

Common mistakes

• Mistake: Driving on after hearing the bells.

  Instead: The bells mean your vehicle is too tall. Stop.

Test yourself

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What does this sign mean?

• ABells that warn vehicles too tall for overhead cables
• BSlow down now for the hazard
• CHigh vehicles use the middle of the arch
• DLow headroom from an overhanging building

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